(formerly known as Entometa spodopa) LASIOCAMPINAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species basically have pale brown wings. The forewings each have a dark spot near the middle, and two or three vague wiggly dark transverse arcs. The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 5 cms.
The species is found in :
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 28 (1904), p. 239.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | imagoes | caterpillar |
(written 19 April 2020)